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Livro: Tales of North American Indians de Stith Thompson

Stith Thompson foi um folclorista Americano formado em Harvard. Lecionou em grandes Universidades como a University of Califórnia. Juntou-se a “faculty Office” da universidade de Indiana, onde começou sua grande pesquisa sobre a mitologia americana, que levou a publicação de livros (como este)

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THE OFFENDED ROLLING STONE

Coyote was going along, and as he had not had anything to eat for some time he was very hungry. In the evening he went to a high hill and sat down. Early the next morning he started again. He came to a big round stone. He took out his knife and said: "Grandfather, this knife I give to you as a present. I want you to help me to get something to eat."
Coyote went over a hill, and there in the bottom was a village of people. He went into the village and he could see meat hanging on poles everywhere in the camp. He went into one of the tipis and the people in the tipi roasted a piece of meat for him. just as he was about to taste of the meat he thought of his knife and said: "Why did I give my knife to that stone? I should have kept it and then I should have been able to cut the meat without having to pull it with my hands." He asked to be excused and went out. He went to where the stone was. He said: "Grandfather, I will have to take back this knife, for I have found a village of people with plenty of meat." He went over the hills and into the bottom, but there was no village there. Coyote went back and returned the knife to the stone. He went back over the hills and there saw the village and he entered one of the tipis. They placed before him some meat. He began to chew the meat. He thought of his knife. He went back to the stone, and as he took the knife the stone said: "Why do you take the knife away from me? I am now going to kill you."
Then the stone ran after the Coyote. Coyote ran and came to a den of Bears. He told the Bears that a person was